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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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